User blog:Bluestripe the Wild/Riddle of the Lost Blade

The Tapestry of Martin. It is one of the most highly coveted objects within the walls of the abbey of Redwall in Mossflower Country. It depicts the great acts of bravery done by the hero of Mossflower: Martin the Warrior! Creatures speak of his legendary blade which he used to deal out punishment to creatures whose hearts were full of evil. Many have sought it, but few are permitted to wield it. One day, while in the gatehouse, the recorder found a bit of the diary of Abbess Germaine, the founder and first abbess of Redwall. On that page of Germaine's diary read information that revealed something highly peculiar. A riddle had been woven into the tapestry concerning upon Martin's request by several of the members of Corim. The whole abbey was abuzz when the news of a riddle being woven into the tapestry had spread to everybeast. The riddle was woven inside the body of the great warrior himself. It read:


 *  "The real one lies within the homeland,
 * Where the warrior lies today,
 * Among the crashing waves and sand,
 * From the red stones they lay far away,
 * A legend buried beneath the earth,
 * piece of a star fallen down,
 * the priceless valor of infinite worth,
 * above the warriors head, like a crown."

The secret of the tapestry has not remained unheard of by those outside the abbey. Vermin attack the abbey and attempt to claim the tapestry and solve the riddle, but the would-be attack goes horribly wrong and the vermin flee, but in the midst of the chaos the tapestry is torn and several of the vermin get away with bits of the tapestry with some of the riddle on it. Most of the vermin flee to far-off places and are slain by the inhabitants. The creatures in each place where the vermin escaped to find the bit of tapestry each vermin carried and take it to their leaders. Now, each faction is trying to use what they have and discover more of the riddle so that they may solve it and obtain whatever treasures may lie in store.

 Now you must join a faction and go on missions to help obtain the rest of the riddle so that it may be solved...